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I don't know about other animals, but I think the one pictured is a Gyrinx. Maybe there are more in-depth background materials like novels or RPG sourcebooks that elaborate on this sort of thing a bit more?
Driven away from WH40K by rules bloat and the expense of keeping up, now interested in smaller model count games and anything with nifty mechanics.